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The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% ...
A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice shows most major crime categories in Chicago are down below pre-pandemic ...
A steep decline in violent crime comes as President Trump amplifies concerns about crime, at times citing misleading ...
Major cities across the country, including New York and Los Angeles, have seen significant dips in violent crime since the unrest of 2020, when protests, riots and looting followed the killing of ...
A new report shows homicides fell 17 percent in early 2025, but experts caution the trend is concentrated in a few major ...
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Three dozen people were arrested during a violent crime crackdown last week in St. Clair and Madison counties, the Illinois State Police announced Monday. According to a ...
Nearly 60 Illinois State Police officers from across Illinois staffed a “violent crime suppression detail” in the East St. Louis area last week and arrested 36 people, the agency announced Monday.
Violent crime reporting proposal arrives on Pritzker's desk, awaits signature Mike Miletich Jun 23, 2025 Updated Jun 23, 2025 ...
The year is not yet half over, and a lot can still change—just consider 2020, when murder really took off in the second half—but the Real-Time Crime Index, which draws on a national sample ...